According to the Pittsfield Police Department, the one-year celebration of Drag Story Hour Berkshires at WANDER Berkshires was the subject of a threat Saturday night.
“We are a multi-faceted community gathering space,” said Jay Santangelo, founder of the café and venue on Depot Street. “By day, we are a cafe, and then in the evenings, we are an event space available to people come and use, I guess, in any way that they see fit. So, I say, if you can imagine it here, we can make it happen. So, it’s available for public and private events, and then it’s also going to be a future community teaching darkroom.”
Police tell WAMC that the threat was “an email that was initially sent to an Administrator of the Pittsfield Public Schools” before being directed to the PPD around 8:30 p.m…